El Salvador's President Bukele is reportedly preparing to arrest the journalists who have reported on the secret deals Bukele struck with Salvadoran gangs that have enabled his consolidation of power.

MylesRyden

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Wait, so the guy who is enabling TFG is essentially a gang member?

Good to know.

May 5, 2025 at 5:18:42 PM

@MylesRyden @molly0xfff TFG acts like a mobster, so I can’t say I’m surprised.

@MylesRyden @molly0xfff Maybe I'm just cynical, but I thought we all knew that was the case from the Jump? El Salvador essentially struck up a deal with one gang, stop killing people willy nilly, rat out your competition and we'll throw them in jail and give you a defacto monopoly.

It's a deal that's been struck hundreds of times before (See the Yakuza in Japan, or the Mafia in New York/Chicago, police gangs in LA).

@MylesRyden @molly0xfff They’re all gangsters, top to bottom. Gangsters and money laundering wannabes.

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